{"commentary":{"id":"jamieson-fausset-brown","name":"Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary","website":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamieson-Fausset-Brown_Bible_Commentary","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/","licenseNotes":null,"licenseNotice":null,"englishName":"Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary","language":"eng","textDirection":"rtl","sha256":"db3d4c8b3c1f32ef9d1430a57392e02bda3a17aac1f9bbe398461de021a3cb13","availableFormats":["json"],"listOfBooksApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/books.json","listOfProfilesApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/profiles.json","numberOfBooks":66,"totalNumberOfChapters":1187,"totalNumberOfVerses":17056,"totalNumberOfProfiles":0,"languageName":"English","languageEnglishName":"English"},"book":{"id":"JDG","commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","name":"Judges","commonName":"Judges","introduction":"JUDGES is the title given to the next book, from its containing the history of those non-regal rulers who governed the Hebrews from the time of Joshua to that of Eli, and whose functions in time of peace consisted chiefly in the administration of justice, although they occasionally led the people in their wars against their public enemies. The date and authorship of this book are not precisely known. It is certain, however, that it preceded the Second Book of Samuel (compare Jdg 9:35 with Sa2 11:21), as well as the conquest of Jerusalem by David (compare Jdg 1:21 with Sa2 5:6). Its author was in all probability Samuel, the last of the judges (see Jdg 19:1; Jdg 21:25), and the date of the first part of it is fixed in the reign of Saul, while the five chapters at the close might not have been written till after David's establishment as king in Israel (see Jdg 18:31). It is a fragmentary history, being a collection of important facts and signal deliverances at different times and in various parts of the land, during the intermediate period of three hundred years between Joshua and the establishment of the monarchy. The inspired character of this book is confirmed by allusions to it in many passages of Scripture (compare Jdg 4:2; Jdg 6:14 with Sa1 12:9-12; Jdg 9:53 with Sa2 11:21; Jdg 7:25 with Psa 83:11; compare Jdg 5:4-5 with Psa 7:5; Jdg 13:5; Jdg 16:17 with Mat 2:13-23; Act 13:20; Heb 11:32). \n\n\n\nNext: Judges Chapter 1\n\n","order":7,"numberOfChapters":21,"sha256":"56260de6c5810f72e979e5068c899bbb72504cad0530fdc66620a70283946904","firstChapterNumber":1,"firstChapterApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/JDG/1.json","firstChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"JDG","chapter":1},"lastChapterNumber":21,"lastChapterApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/JDG/21.json","lastChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"JDG","chapter":21},"totalNumberOfVerses":242},"chapter":{"number":10,"content":[{"type":"verse","number":3,"content":["Jair, a Gileadite--This judge was a different person from the conqueror of that northeastern territory, and founder of Havoth-jair, or \"Jair's villages\" (Num 32:41; Deu 3:14; Jos 13:3; Ch1 2:22).\n\n"]},{"type":"verse","number":4,"content":["he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts--This is a characteristic trait of Eastern manners in those early times; and the grant of a village to each of his thirty sons was a striking proof of his extensive possessions. His having thirty sons is no conclusive evidence that he had more than one wife, much less that he had more than one at a time. There are instances, in this country, of men having as many children by two successive wives.\n\n"]},{"type":"verse","number":6,"content":["ISRAEL OPPRESSED BY THE PHILISTINES AND AMMONITES. (Jdg 10:6-9)\n\nthe children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord--This apostasy seems to have exceeded every former one in the grossness and universality of the idolatry practised.\n\n"]},{"type":"verse","number":7,"content":["Philistines, and . . . the children of Ammon--The predatory incursions of these two hostile neighbors were made naturally on the parts of the land respectively contiguous to them. But the Ammonites, animated with the spirit of conquest, carried their arms across the Jordan; so that the central and southern provinces of Canaan were extensively desolated.\n\n"]},{"type":"verse","number":10,"content":["THEY CRY TO GOD. (Jdg 10:10-15)\n\nThe children of Israel cried unto the Lord, saying, We have sinned against thee--The first step of repentance is confession of sin, and the best proof of its sincerity is given by the transgressor, when he mourns not only over the painful consequences which have resulted from his offenses to himself, but over the heinous evil committed against God.\n\n"]},{"type":"verse","number":11,"content":["the Lord said . . . Did I not deliver you from the Egyptians--The circumstances recorded in this and the following verses were not probably made through the high priest, whose duty it was to interpret the will of God.\n\n"]},{"type":"verse","number":12,"content":["Maonites--that is, \"Midianites.\"\n\n"]},{"type":"verse","number":16,"content":["THEY REPENT; GOD PITIES THEM. (Jdg 10:16-18)\n\nthey put away the strange gods . . . and served the Lord; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel--On their abandonment of idolatry and return to purity of worship, God graciously abridged the term of national affliction and restored times of peace.\n\n"]},{"type":"verse","number":17,"content":["the children of Ammon were gathered together--From carrying on guerrilla warfare, the Ammonites proceeded to a continued campaign. Their settled aim was to wrest the whole of the trans-jordanic territory from its actual occupiers. In this great crisis, a general meeting of the Israelitish tribes was held at Mizpeh. This Mizpeh was in eastern Manasseh (Jos 11:3).\n\n\n\n\nNext: Judges Chapter 11\n\n"]}],"introduction":"TOLA JUDGES ISRAEL IN SHAMIR. (Jdg 10:1-5)\n\nafter Abimelech there arose to defend Israel, Tola--that is, \"to save.\" Deliverance was necessary as well from intestine usurpation as from foreign aggression. \n\nthe son of Puah--He was uncle to Abimelech by the father's side, and consequently brother of Gideon; yet the former was of the tribe of Issachar, while the latter was of Manasseh. They were, most probably, uterine brothers. \n\ndwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim--As a central place, he made it the seat of government.\n\n"},"thisChapterLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/JDG/10.json","thisChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"JDG","chapter":10},"nextChapterApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/JDG/11.json","nextChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"JDG","chapter":11},"previousChapterApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/JDG/9.json","previousChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"JDG","chapter":9},"numberOfVerses":9}